Tuesday, 4 August 2009

INVISIBILITY

Having had an experience yesterday where I feelings of being invisible were re awakened, I came to the realisation that it has been an occuring theme in my life, when I've been left feeling unimportant, without a voice, disempowered basically invisible. This could be a new thread for my work. How would I transfer that feeling into a visual medium? When I googled the word, it also came up alongside prejudice.

So a bit of online research:-

in⋅vis⋅i⋅ble

–adjective
1. not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
2. withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.
3. not perceptible or discernible by the mind: invisible differences.
4. not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.
5. concealed from public knowledge.
–noun
6. an invisible thing or being.
7. the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world


2. veiled, obscure.
Dictionary.com Unabridged

Randomly, I also found this, which felt slightly relevant!
OED Online - Word of the day; Winnow
1.
trans. To expose (grain or other substances) to the wind or to a current of air so that the lighter particles (as chaff or other refuse matter) are separated or blown away; to clear of refuse material by this method.

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